Straight Pride

I am writing to express my interest in joining you during your
appearances at UNC-Wilmington Resident Assistant (RA) training next
semester. At the beginning of every semester, members of your
UNC-Wilmington student group speak to all of our RAs. You describe
yourself as an organization dedicated to the eradication of bigotry and
the promotion of inclusion. But then you contradict yourself by saying
you seek to "Improve the quality of LGBTIQA lives and increase
understanding and acceptance of LGBTIQA individuals in the general
university community."

Unfortunately, you've excluded a very important group of students on our
campus. I would like to come join you to speak on their behalf. That
group is, of course, the straight student population that refuses to
join your political alliance in support of the gay "civil rights"
agenda.

During the two and a half days of training concerning LGBTIQA issues I
am told you made the following major points: 1) Heterosexist privilege
is rampant in America; 2) Most people are guilty of heterosexism. You
also passed out sheets defining certain terms such as "homophobia" and
"inter-sexed." I'm glad you decided on one definition for those unable
to decide upon one gender identity - those who seek to change genders,
not to mention bathrooms, from one day to the next.

I am told that the president of your group spoke at RA training and that
others shared their "coming out" stories. I would like to speak to you
about my own coming out story, which was the day I decided I was opposed
to endless gay indoctrination. People stopped talking to me (read:
excluded me) after I came out. I'm sure that's happened to others on our
campus. Therefore, I would like to pass out "Straight Pride" stickers at
the end of my talk - that is, if you are in favor of intellectual
diversity, tolerance, and inclusion.

You may or may not know that - shortly after RA training was over -
there was a small fire in one of our dormitories. The RA in charge of
evacuating the students was unsure of what to do but he managed and no
one was hurt. His uncertainly was due to the fact that there was no
training for fire evacuation. Although not taught about fire evacuation
procedures the RAs are taught about hate crimes. I think we might want
to consider protecting all students from fires, which actually happen on
campus, instead of protecting a tiny fraction from hate crimes, which
never happen on campus.

Although hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation never happen on our
campus there is a problem with homosexual harassment. I'm not talking
about harassment of homosexuals. I'm talking about harassment by
homosexuals.

At the end of training, all RAs are asked to become "allies" who will
put a little bookmark on their door and offer their rooms up as "safe
spaces." Over the course of these last few years some RAs have told
PRIDE members and university officials that they would prefer not to be
"allies." The response has been to recommend more LGBTIQA training - as
if two and a half days were not enough. One student was even told "You
really need to talk to someone" as if he were suffering from an illness.

But disagreeing with the gay agenda is not a disease. It is a different
point of view. And it should be respected.

PRIDE and UNC-Wilmington will be quick to point out that RAs are not
forced into becoming allies or forced into making their dorm rooms "safe
spaces." But there is no need for a mandate when people abandon their
principles.

Unfortunately, after people abandon those principles they feel a sense
of shame and remorse. I want to do something about that. I want them to
feel proud of who they are and willing to stand up and articulate what
they believe.

So, in conclusion, will you consider including me in your RA training
sessions? I can do it in less than two and a half days. I can even show
them how to put out fires that are real.